How have the explosion of social media and the rapid exchange of ideas impacted what NASA is doing?
Well that is actually what I’m going to Gnomedex to talk about. So far NASA’s communication with the public in terms of space exploration has really all been one-way. NASA has been sending information out to the public but there hasn’t really been any way in which we’ve tried to make it a two-way conversation. Social media could make it possible for a member of the public who wants to communicate with exploration team instance to find some way to do so. My goal is to find methods for people who have a high level of interest to actually ask questions and participate in the mission. Of course they will need to be able to pass through certain gates and they have certain levels of skill. I think there is a tremendous untapped possibility where we can make space exploration work so much better by bringing the conversation to people who would otherwise never have direct access to it. Personally I’m very excited about this possibility. I remember myself as a kid watching little black-and-whit
